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I found this book very informative. I have written a novel but had no joy as to finding an agent yet. Wrote and finished a second now ready for a third. Hopefully after reading this book I may find myself an agent be it here in the UK or maybe the USA.
Anyone requiring easy to understand language about writing and everything that goes with it should give this book a try. I'm pleased I did.
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By DianeJessieMiller

Thank you!! What a great book you've put together.
It is full of bite size, real life and helpful chapters from people who know.
I stumbled across this book while trying to learn more about the "craft" in a moment of self doubt. I found it insightful and encouraging. A true gift. Thank you.

More by Scott Nicholson

The first book in the After post-apocalyptic thriller series from an international bestselling author. Look for the other books, the free prequel After: First Light, After: The Echo, After: Milepost 291, After: Whiteout, and After: Red Scare.

AFTER: THE SHOCK

A massive solar storm erases the world's technological infrastructure and kills billions. While the remaining humans are struggling to adapt and survive, they notice that some among them have...changed.

Rachel Wheeler finds herself alone in the city, where violent survivors known as "Zapheads" roam the streets, killing and destroying. Her only hope is to reach the mountains, where her grandfather, a legendary survivalist, established a compound in preparation for Doomsday.

Other survivors are fleeing the city, but Zapheads aren't the only danger. Rogue bands of military soldiers want to impose their own order in the crumbling ruins of civilization. When Rachel discovers a 10-year-old boy, she vows to care for him even if it means her own chances of escaping are lower.

And the Zapheads that were once simple to evade are evolving, developing communal skills even as they lay waste to the society they will eventually replace.

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Scott Nicholson is author of more than 30 books, including The Red Church, The Harvest, Creative Spirit, and The Skull Ring. His website is authorscottnicholson.com.

Prequel novella to the After post-apocalyptic series. Look for the other books in the After series, The Shock, The Echo, Milepost 291, Whiteout and Red Scare.

Scott Nicholson is the international bestselling author of more than 20 thrillers, including Stoker Award finalist The Red Church, The Harvest, and Drummer Boy.

Scott Nicholson "One of the most thrilling writers working today. Miss him at your peril." - Blake Crouch, Wayward Pines
A near-future spinoff of the bestselling AFTER post-apocalyptic thriller series.NEXT #1: AFTERBURN
Five years after a devastating solar storm wipes out civilization and spawns a strange race of mutants, Rachel Wheeler and her misfit family must choose whether to hide away or fight to join other survivors.
As their food supply dwindles in the military bunker they’ve occupied, radiation from abandoned nuclear plants is altering the world around them. Not only are the mutants building their own cities and weapons, the remaining dregs of the U.S. military are massing for an attack. As the environment decays, hostile new creatures crawl out from the crevices and up from the waterways to threaten them all.
But as a half-mutant, Rachel’s choice isn’t as simple as mere survival—the mutant way of life might be more promising than anything humans could hope to restore. And Rachel’s next decision could tear apart her family and the entire world.
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Scott Nicholson is the international bestselling author of more than 20 thrillers, including The Red Church, The Harvest, and Creative Spirit. His website is www.AuthorScottNicholson.com.
"Always surprises and always entertains." - Jonathan Maberry, the Joe Ledger series
"Like Stephen King, he summons serious scares." - Bentley Little, The Mailman
"Nobody thrills like Nicholson does. Nobody." - J.A. Konrath, the Jack Daniels series

A massive solar storm kills billions and wipes out the technological infrastructure, and the few survivors learn that some among them have...changed.

After: The Echo
(Book #2 in the After series)

It's six weeks after the shock.

The smoke on the horizon has diminished, and Rachel Wheeler and her two traveling companions head toward the mountains where Rachel's grandfather Franklin has built a survivalist compound.

However, the strange mutated people known as Zapheads seem to be changing from bloodthirsty killers into a force far more menacing. A secret military installation holds the key to rebuilding civilization, but Franklin doesn't trust their intentions.

And the Zapheads are adapting to the new world faster than the human survivors, who must fight for their place in a future that may have no room for them.

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Look for the first book in the series, After: The Shock, and the free bonus prequel, After: First Light, and the third book, After: Milepost 291.

Scott Nicholson is the international bestselling author of more than 30 books, including Creative Spirit, The Red Church, The Harvest, and The Dead Love Longer.

AFTER: WHITEOUT
The fourth book in the bestselling post-apocalyptic thriller series.

In the harsh winter of a post-apocalyptic landscape, Rachel Wheeler and her companions hole up in an Appalachian compound established by her notorious grandfather.

A rogue military platoon plans to seize the compound and control the small band of survivors. At the same time, violent mutants organize into a tribe that threatens to wipe out the human race. But as the humans fight among themselves, the mutant Zapheads are adapting and learning, intent on establishing a new society.

Rachel soon discovers the mutants are more than they appear to be. But will she live long enough to use their secrets against them?

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Scott Nicholson is the international bestselling author of more than 25 thrillers, including LIQUID FEAR, THE RED CHURCH, SPEED DATING WITH THE DEAD, and THE HARVEST. His website is AuthorScottNicholson.com.

Scott Nicholson When massive solar flares wipe out the technological infrastructure and kills billions, Rachel Wheeler sets out across the Appalachian Mountain wilderness in search of her notorious grandfather’s survival compound.

Then Rachel is separated from her traveling companions and is captured by Zapheads, violent mutants who are gathering in packs and collecting dead bodies while mimicking human behaviors. Then Rachel undergoes startling changes herself, as her friends are hunted by a rogue military platoon that wants to impose its own law and order in the world of After.

Can Rachel and her fellow survivors make the dangerous journey to Milepost 291 and evade the Zapheads long enough to form a new society and preserve the human race?
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Look for the other After books, First Light (After #0), The Shock (After #1) and the Echo (After #2. Whiteout (After #4) is coming soon.

Scott Nicholson is the international bestselling author of 20 thrillers, including The Harvest, The Red Church, and Speed Dating with the Dead.

In a post-apocalyptic world, Rachel Wheeler is caught between who she is and who she's becoming. A bizarre mutation has her humanity hanging by a thread, especially when the Zaphead inside her wants to kill her friends and lover.

As the mutant Zapheads form a social order and shape a new world in the wake of catastrophic solar storms, the few remaining humans band together in a struggle for survival. But not everyone shares the same goal: a rogue military unit plans to attack the mutant settlement while Rachel’s group seeks a remote, peaceful life beyond their notice. And the Zapheads have a special role for her that could save the human race at the cost of her own identity.

Torn between two possible futures, will Rachel sacrifice herself to prevent the extinction of her kind?
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Scott Nicholson is the international bestselling author of more than 30 thrillers, including THE RED CHURCH, McFALL, LIQUID FEAR, and THE HOME. A Stoker Award finalist, he lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina and plots the overthrow of his chicken coop. Visit him at AuthorScottNicholson.com.

Scott Nicholson “One of the most thrilling writers working today. Miss him at your own peril.” – Blake Crouch, The Wayward Pines Trilogy

The thrilling conclusion to the AFTER post-apocalyptic thriller series!
AFTER #6: DYING LIGHT

After a bloody battle with mutant Zapheads, Rachel Wheeler’s life hangs in the balance as the world falls apart around her.

To save Rachel, a small group of survivors must find a missing baby, a hyperintelligent Zaphead with mysterious healing powers. The remaining Zapheads have reverted to mindless, violent savages who want to wipe out the human race. Only Rachel holds the key to understanding them and ending the devastating war.

Even if they succeed, a rogue military leader is imposing his fascist vision of the future. But Rachel and her friends are determined to defend their freedom and humanity at any cost.

Scott Nicholson A free collection of four spooky tales by bestselling horror authors Brian Keene, Jonathan Maberry, Scott Nicholson, and Bryan Smith. 15,000 words, part of the Spooky Stacks signed book giveaway for Halloween. Available for a limited time only.

Between them, the authors have sold over two million books.

A post-apocalyptic thriller set in the world of the bestselling AFTER series.

When Mackie Dailey survives a cataclysmic solar storm that wipes out civilization and mutates others into violent killers, he seeks out the one person he cares about most.

But when he returns to a college campus looking for Allie, he discovers she is a Zaphead—nearly unrecognizable as the human he once loved. Mackie becomes caught in a power struggle among a small group of survivors who turn the campus into a stronghold against the Zaphead threat. His old nemesis, Lucas Krider, has taken charge, but Krider’s vision of a new world is just as horrifying as the extinction they all face.

Will Mackie sacrifice himself so the group has a chance to survive, or will his demons turn out to be more dangerous than the strange, rampaging creatures that nature has unleashed?

Scott Nicholson “One of the most thrilling writers working today. Miss him at your peril.” – Blake Crouch, Wayward Pines

The second book in the Next post-apocalyptic thriller series

EARTH ZERO

As the remnants of the human race mobilize for an attack on the mutants who have taken over the abandoned cities, a small band of survivors are caught in the middle of the conflict.

Rachel Wheeler’s own mutant abilities could make her a valuable resource for the new government and the army it has formed in the wake of the apocalypse. But the people who want to take back the world have a ruthless vision for the future, and a toxic planet is unleashing its rage in the form of deadly predators. Meanwhile, the mutants are evolving at an astonishing rate and establishing a social order that defies human control. When her group is drawn into the ultimate war, Rachel must decide whether to stay loyal to the ones she loves or fight for ideals she doesn’t fully embrace.

The top of the food chain is at stake, and the extinction of the human race may not be the worst possible outcome.
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Look for Next #3: Radiophobia, as well as the AFTER post-apocalyptic series and the ZAPHEADS spinoff series.

“Nobody thrills like Nicholson does. Nobody.” – J.A. Konrath, Origin

Scott Nicholson is the international bestselling author of more than 20 books, including The Harvest, Creative Spirit, and The Gorge. His website is www.AuthorScottNicholson.com.

Jonathan Maberry, Nancy Holder, Yvonne Navarro, Gregory Frost, John Everson, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Scott Nicholson & Dacre Stoker Every culture has its own folklore of deadly creatures of the night. But what if these tales are actually based on fact? Now, the nightmare creatures are returning—and they are hungry.

V-WARS chronicles the first Vampire War, from the savage murders committed by “patient zero” of the V-Virus plague, to full-out battles with vampire terrorist cells.

New York Times best-seller and multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author Jonathan Maberry enlists fellow masters of horror to report from the V-WARS frontlines in this epic, innovative, and most of all, thrilling novel of vampire vs. human conflict.

NEXT #3: RADIOPHOBIA

When mutants develop technology that threatens the dwindling human race, the last survivors fight to regain control of their world.

Rachel Wheeler and her friends are dropped into the enemy stronghold of Wilkesboro as part of a desperate military operation. Their mission is to disrupt a new energy source that will give the mutants unlimited power. Even as the remnants of the central government plan nuclear strikes on all major mutant colonies, a mysterious new fallout threatens them all.

Will the nuclear holocaust deliver a final victory to the human race, or will the survivors face their own extinction in a world overrun with monsters and strange new races?

Look for Next #4: Directive 17, as well as the AFTER and ZAPHEADS post-apocalyptic thriller series.

Scott Nicholson “One of the most thrilling writers working today. Miss him at your peril.” – Blake Crouch, Wayward Pines

NEXT #4: DIRECTIVE 17

In a contaminated wasteland, Rachel Wheeler and an intelligent mutant baby find shelter in a silver city where neither belongs.

As the dwindling human race desperately fights to survive, they’re forced to adapt to the mutant technology and the new race that threatens them with extinction. But the hostile environment poses other threats as well—strange creatures and giant predators roam the wilderness, fueled by the mysterious radiation leaking from the advanced cities.

Rachel’s friends come to the rescue, but they discover she’s crossed a border from which no human ever returns. But something else might…

Look for Next #5: Crucible.

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Scott Nicholson is the bestselling author of more than 30 books, including the AFTER post-apocalyptic series, The Harvest, and The Skull Ring.

Scott Nicholson “One of the most thrilling writers working today. Miss him at your peril.” –Blake Crouch, Dark Matter

Next #6: Half Life

After a post-apocalyptic showdown with a race of advanced mutants, Rachel Wheeler has lost everyone she loves in a hostile, contaminated land.
A half-mutant herself, she searches for the few remaining survivors with a dream of building a new civilization. But the survivors reject her strangeness, and the mutants don't trust her loyalties. Meanwhile, control of the world’s nuclear arsenal hangs in the balance as both sides pursue extermination.
Rachel is torn between two mighty forces, but she might be the key to altering a terrible, ruthless verdict that will destroy them all.

Scott Nicholson is the bestselling author of more than 30 books, including the AFTER series, The Red Church, and Creative Spirit. His website is www.AuthorScottNicholson.com.

The fifth book in the NEXT post-apocalyptic thriller series.
Survivors must overthrow mutants to seize control of a strange, highly advanced city.

R. David Lankes, Joanne Silverstein & Scott Nicholson Knowledge is created through conversation. Conversations can take place between friends and colleagues in the “here and now.” But, they can also take place over centuries, with the participants changing but the theme remaining the same, and the conversation being recorded in thousands of artifacts, like books, pictures, and digital files. In many conversations users need sophisticated processes to facilitate the conversation. Facilitation not only enriches conversations with diverse and deep information, it also serves as a memory keeper, documenting agreements and outcomes to facilitate future conversations. The library serves this vital role for many communities.

Scott Nicholson After the first hit, there's no turning back. Ten tales of murder, mayhem, madness, and dark magic from a #1 bestselling author. A man finds that fast cars and fast women don't mix. An artist uses very special tools to convey his passion. A rebellious teen will make any sacrifice for rock stardom. A mother finds a new role in a post-apocalyptic world.

Gateway Drug. It leads to more dangerous things.

Features "Hounds of Love, "Sung Li," and other tales from the pages of Cemetery Dance, The Book of All Flesh, and more, along with the afterword "One Sick Puppy." Bonus contributions from British horror master Tim Lebbon and mult-award-winning Australian dark fantasy writer Shane Jiraiya Cummings.
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Scott Nicholson is author of 20 novels, including the After post-apocalyptic series, The Red Church, Disintegration, As I Die Lying, Speed Dating with the Dead, and The Skull Ring, as well as the novellas Transparent Lovers, Crime Beat, and Burial to Follow. His collections include Curtains, Ashes, Flowers, The First, Murdermouth: Zombie Bits, and Head Cases. He's also created the children's books, screenplays, and comics.

The thrilling conclusion to the ZAPHEADS post-apocalyptic series.

ZAPHEADS: BONE AND CINDER

Five months after a doomsday solar event, Mackie Dailey has settled in with a group of survivors at a remote college campus.

Mackie is haunted by his former life as a hired gun for ruthless drug lord Lucas Krider, but even the apocalypse offers no escape from the past. Krider has established his own camp and preys on Mackie’s addiction and rage. But their personal battle is buried in a larger war with the mutant Zapheads who threaten the extinction of the human race.

Can Mackie save his friends and help them build a better future, or will he destroy them all in his quest for revenge?

Look for the other books in the Zapheads series, as well as the AFTER and NEXT post-apocalyptic thriller series.

Scott Nicholson is the international bestselling author of more than 20 thrillers, including After: The Shock, The Harvest, and Creative Spirit.

Scott Nicholson "Always surprises and always entertains." - Jonathan Maberry, Patient Zero
A box set of four books in the bestselling AFTER post-apocalyptic thriller seriesThe After Series: Books 0-3
When devastating solar storms wipe out the technological infrastructure and kill billions, the few survivors struggle to adapt. But some among them have changed, becoming primal and violent. But the mutants quickly evolve into something even more dangerous to the future of the human race. Rachel Wheeler and her group of friends find themselves caught between the mysterious new race, roving bands of scavengers, and rogue military units as they carve out a home in the new world.
After #0: First Light- Prequel novella. NASA scientists warn of the possible effects of heightened solar activity, but the threat is downplayed until it's far too late.
After #1: The Shock- Rachel Wheeler flees the dangers of Charlotte to seek her grandfather's remote compound in the Blue Ridge Mountains. She is joined by several other survivors as they fight back against a hostile world.
After #2: The Echo- The survivors discover the mutant Zapheads are evolving by imitating human speech and behavior, but the threat of savage violence remains.
After #3: Milepost 291- As Rachel and the others near her grandfather's compound, new dangers emerge, including a military unit that has established its own harsh laws.
Look for the rest of the After books: Whiteout, Red Scare, and Dying Light. See what happens five years later in the NEXT series.
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"One of the most thrilling writers working today. Miss him at your peril." - Blake Crouch, Wayward Pines
Scott Nicholson is author of more than 20 thrillers, including The Harvest, The Gorge, and Creative Spirit. He lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, where he tends an organic garden, plays guitar, and trades worms for fish.

Scott Nicholson & Joshua Simcox A box set of three books in the Zapheads post-apocalyptic thriller series. An AFTER spinoff."Always surprises and always entertains." - Jonathan Maberry, Patient Zero

ZAPHEADS BOX SET (BOOKS 1-3)

BONE & CINDER: When Mackie Dailey survives a cataclysmic solar storm that wipes out civilization and mutates others into violent killers, he seeks out the one person he cares about most.
But when he returns to a college campus looking for Allie, he discovers she is a Zaphead—nearly unrecognizable as the human he once loved. Mackie becomes caught in a power struggle among a small group of survivors who turn the campus into a stronghold against the Zaphead threat. His old nemesis, Lucas Krider, has taken charge, but Krider’s vision of a new world is just as horrifying as the extinction they all face.
Will Mackie sacrifice himself so the group has a chance to survive, or will his demons turn out to be more dangerous than the strange, rampaging creatures that nature has unleashed?

SCARS & ASHES: After a devastating solar storm erases the world they knew, Mackie Dailey and a small group of survivors build a new life on a rural college campus.
But there’s another kind of evolution threatening to wipe out the remnants of the human race: bizarre mutants known as “Zapheads” who destroy anything that moves. As the Zapheads adapt from mindless savages into more cunning predators, Mackie draws on his lethal skills as a former hit man to protect his new tribe. But Zapheads aren’t the only danger. Mackie’s old boss, Lucas Krider, is gunning for revenge with his own band of killers.
As the campus becomes the battleground for the world’s future, Mackie discovers the biggest threat may be the monster raging inside him.

BLOOD & FROST: Five months after a doomsday solar event, Mackie Dailey has settled in with a group of survivors at a remote college campus.
Mackie is haunted by his former life as a hired gun for ruthless drug lord Lucas Krider, but even the apocalypse offers no escape from the past. Krider has established his own camp and preys on Mackie’s addiction and rage. Their personal battle is buried in a larger war with the mutant Zapheads who threaten the extinction of the human race. But a mysterious baby may change their world forever.
Can Mackie save his friends and help them build a better future, or will he destroy them all in his quest for revenge?

A collection of horror stories, featuring vampires, zombies, monsters, serial killers, and other creepy creatures of the nigh, written by some of the finest new and established modern horror writers. Edited by introduced by bestselling author Scott Nicholson (The Red Church, Speed Dating with the Dead, Liquid Fear).

ZOMBIE BITS

A collection of eight zombie short stories from best-selling author Scott Nicholson. Includes two stories from "The Best of All Flesh" series, as well as the original post-apocalyptic story "A Farewell to Arms" written especially for this volume.

Also includes a short story from Jack Kilborn (ENDURANCE) and a "Zombie Apocalypse Survival Scorecard" from Jonathan Maberry (PATIENT ZERO, ROT AND RUIN), as well as a post-apocalyptic survival tale from Joe McKinney (DEAD WORLD series). From bone-chilling terror to horror humor, this collection is for zombie fans with good taste. Or who taste good.

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Scott Nicholson is the international bestselling Kindle author of 20 mystery, thriller, and paranormal novels, including the AFTER post-apocalyptic series, THE RED CHURCH, DISINTEGRATION, MEAT CAMP, LIQUID FEAR, SPEED DATING WITH THE DEAD, and DRUMMER BOY.

After a devastating solar storm erases the world they knew, Mackie Dailey and a small group of survivors build a new life on a rural college campus.

But there’s another kind of evolution threatening to wipe out the remnants of the human race: bizarre mutants known as “Zapheads” who destroy anything that moves. As the Zapheads adapt from mindless savages into more cunning predators, Mackie draws on his lethal skills as a former hit man to protect his new tribe. But Zapheads aren’t the only danger. Mackie’s old boss, Lucas Krider, is gunning for revenge with his own band of killers.

As the campus becomes the battleground for the world’s future, Mackie discovers the biggest threat may be the monster raging inside him.

A collection of 10 stories by bestselling thriller author Scott Nicholson. Includes works originally appearing in Cemetery Dance, Blood Lite, Legends of the Mountain State, Carpe Noctem, and more. Fantasy, suspense, the supernatural, and psychological thrills lurk inside this assortment, including recent original works never before seen.

Scott Nicholson is author of more than 30 books, including the Kindle bestsellers Liquid Fear, Disintegration, The Red Church, The Harvest, and more. He's also written nine story collections, six screenplays, four children's books, and four comics series. Click his name beneath the book title to visit his Author Central page.--------"He has entered a literary shadowland between Ray Bradbury and Neil Gaiman." - Sharyn McCrumb, The Ballad novels

"Scott Nicholson is on his way to the front rank of genre writers, but don't be surprised if he--like Koontz and King before him--becomes a genre unto himself." - Page Horrific

Scott Nicholson A collection of psychological suspense and paranoid horror tales by bestselling author Scott Nicholson. Weird crime and mystery, asylum authors, past-life regression therapy, and plain old schizoid shenanigans are afoot, including the first-ever appearance of "Fear Goggles." Shock your therapist and impress your English teacher. Bonus tales by William Meikle and John Everson.

Scott Nicholson A father tells a bedtime story to his young daughter, sharing different kinds of spooky creatures and teaching her how to overcome fear. In this fully illustrated tale, the monsters are protectors against the bullies and mean people of the world. A great read-aloud book for youngsters or a fun journey into e-book art.

Available in color where supported by the specific user device. 24 screens of art, equivalent of 24 full-color pages in print. DRM-free and professionally formatted by Dellaster Design.

Scott Nicholson & Sergio Castro A magical bedtime story for kids and adults.

Duncan the Punkin's mother tries to teach him to stay hidden on Halloween so he doesn't get turned into a jack-o-lantern. But being good and hiding in the pumpkin patch all the time is boring, even if it keeps the farmer from taking him away. However, there's another creature lurking on the farm, Skeerdy-Cat-Crow, and he's hungry from hanging on a pole all summer long. A ripe little pumpkin sounds just right to him. But when he visits the pumpkin patch, Mom has a special lesson for both Duncan and Skeerdy-Cat-Crow.

30 full-color pages of rhyming fun, magic, and Halloween mystery, professionally formatted as a read-aloud children's story for the Nook and DRM-free.
Scott Nicholson is author of If I Were Your Monster and Too Many Witches, as well as 20 books for adults. Sergio Castro is illustrator for the comic books Little Shivers, Dreamboat, and Grave Conditions.

Scott Nicholson When Moanica Moonsweep plans a special Halloween party, her witch's brew has to be just right. So she invites her witchy friends over to help her plan the perfect kettle of gruesome stew. But when they can't agree on the nastiest ingredients, they end up with a very messy situation. A bedtime, read-aloud story for ages 5 through 8, teaching all little witches how to work together to solve a problem.

From Scott Nicholson, author of If I Were Your Monster, Duncan the Punkin, and 20 other books. Art by Lee Davis.

Scott Nicholson The Seeds Of Achievement is a must read book for all teens, young adults and parents throughout the world. The life shaping and inspiring knowledge learned from this book will provide the reader with a powerful life roadmap that will teach them the critical life tactics, traits and personality attributes so essential to attaining high levels of life success, prosperity, happiness, inner joy, confidence, personal pride and career success years before they would have had they not read this book. Life in the 21st century for our future generation will only get more challenging, demanding and fast-paced. The youth of today need to be prepared with the WINNING EDGE to face this challenging world. Super Achiever status, both in career and personal life, along with a powerful life balance is easily achievable if the information shared in the Seeds Of Achievment is learned, understood and then applied to one's life.

Scott Nicholson "A fresh and true voice that will affect you, disturb you, enrage you, or make you laugh."-Kevin J. Anderson, Dune series

THE FIRST

A collection of 14 dark fantasy, dystopian, post-apocalyptic, and science fiction stories from award-winning author Scott Nicholson. These stories visit undiscovered countries and shadowy avenues of the heart, lands and times where night never ends and matter doesn't matter. Features the six-story Aeropagan cycle where time is literally money. Includes an afterword and Nicholson's first-ever published story.

Nicholson, a 1999 Writers of the Future award winner, has published 12 novels, including the bestselling thrillers DISINTEGRATION and the RED CHURCH and the comic books Grave Conditions, Dirt, and Little Shivers. Look for his other collections ASHES, FLOWERS, CURTAINS: MYSTERY STORIES, and MURDERMOUTH: ZOMBIE BITS.

"A very entertaining writer."-- Tim Powers

A fantasy and paranormal collection. Contains the Writers of the Future Award-winning story "The Vampire Shortstop" and 11 other tales of magic, romance, and the supernatural, including the Makers series in which children control the essential forces of the world. Includes "The Boy Who Saw Fire," "In The Heart of November," and "Invisible Friend."

Nicholson is the author of 12 novels, including The Red Church, Drummer Boy, Disintegration, and The Skull Ring. With J.R. Rain, he wrote the urban fantasy Cursed! Look for his other story collections THE FIRST, MURDERMOUTH: ZOMBIE BITS, CURTAINS: MYSTERY STORIES, and ASHES. His Web site is www.hauntedcomputer.com.

Scott Nicholson If you are interested in the why, what, and how of library gaming, Everyone Plays at the Library is the place to start. Scott Nicholson—educator, librarian, game designer, host of the "Board Games with Scott" video series, and founder of the Library Game Lab of Syracuse—shows how gaming programs can be successfully implemented in school, academic, and public libraries, covering all types of games for all age groups. You'll learn how to determine user needs, achieve library goals, gain stakeholder approval, reach out to users, build an affordable collection of great games, assess program effectiveness, bring all ages together, and create the type of memorable experience that gets users talking and keeps them coming back for more.